On November 12, The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street
Journal released the 2003
Index of Economic Freedom. The Index is an annual survey
of the world's economies, including country-by-country analyses and
the most up-to-date data available on foreign investment codes,
taxes, tariffs, banking regulations, monetary policy, black
markets, and more.
For the ninth consecutive year, Hong Kong was named the world's
freest economy. In honor of their commitment to growth through a
free economy, the release of the Index was held at the Conrad
International Hotel in Hong Kong. Below are pictures from Hong Kong
event, as well as the launch of the Spanish version of the Index in
Chile and Venezuela.
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Above: Heritage Foundation President Dr. Edwin
Feulner presents the Chief Executive, Mr. Tung Chee Hwa, a
copy of The Heritage Foundation's 2003 Index of Economic
Freedom.
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Above: Feulner and Mr. Tung Chee Hwa, are joined by The Heritage
Foundation's Dr. Gerald O'Driscoll and Hugo Restall, editorial
page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal.
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Ana Eiras,
from The Heritage Foundation, Tomas Flores, from Libertad y
Desarrollo, and Mary O'Grady, from the Wall Street Journal,
releasing the Spanish Edition of the 2003 Index of Economic
Freedom to the Chilean press.
(Ana Eiras, de The Heritage Foundation, Tomas Flores, de Libertad
y Desarrollo, y Mary O'Grady, del Wall Street Journal, lanzando la
edición en español del Índice de Libertad
Económica 2003 en rueda de prensa chilena.) |
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Brett
Schaefer, from The Heritage Foundation, speaking to Mr. Aurelio
Concheso, President of CEDICE, Heritage's partner think-tank in
Venezuela for the economic freedom project.
(Brett Schaefer, de The Heritage Foundation, conversando con el
Sr. Aurelio Concheso, Presidente de CEDICE, fundación socia
de Heritage en Venezuela para el proyecto libertad
económica.)
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Brett Schaefer, from The Heritage Foundation and Mary O'Grady,
from the Wall Street Journal, in a panel to release the Spanish
Edition of the 2003 Index of Economic Freedom in Venezuela, for an
audience of 800 venezuelans.
(Brett Schaefer, de The Heritage Foundation y Mary O'Grady, de Wall
Street Journal, en una conferencia para lanzar el Índice de
Libertad Económica 2003 ante un público de 800
venezolanos.) |
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2003 Index of Economic Freedom release in Lima,
Peru.
(Lanzamiento del Indice de Libertad Economica 2003 en Lima,
Peru).
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